Transaction in Own Shares

Crown Place VCT PLC
16 May 2007

                              CROWN PLACE VCT PLC









SHARE PURCHASE , VOTING RIGHTS AND CAPITAL



Crown Place VCT PLC announces that it has, today, purchased 225,750 Ordinary
shares at a price of 38 pence per share.  This represents 0.29% of the total
number of voting rights in the Company before the transaction.  These shares
will be cancelled.



Following this transaction, and, in conformity with the Transparency Directive's
transitional provision 6 we would like to notify the market of the following;



Crown Place VCT PLC's capital today consists of 84,342,402 Ordinary shares with
a nominal value of 10p each.  Crown Place VCT PLC holds 7,260,410 shares in
Treasury.



Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Crown Place VCT PLC is
77,081,992.



The figure of 77,081,992 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the
calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their
interest in, or change to their interest in, Crown Place VCT PLC under the FSA's
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.





16 May 2007







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